Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:06:03 -0700 From: David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how often to update ports? Message-ID: <CAHhngE06byx_SZvvtrs4YZR8Z9GixWuv1f169oSOQ3%2BOe2c79Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CACcSE1xOcqGoRSwfYKgAGNYUvXB488Je5j2NNcWb5JfTD741fw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACcSE1xOcqGoRSwfYKgAGNYUvXB488Je5j2NNcWb5JfTD741fw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Aleksandr Miroslav <alexmiroslav@gmail.com> wrote: > >From what I've gleaned from this list and other BSD mailing lists that > I'm on, is that some people don't update their port-installed packages > nearly as frequently (security patches/updates aside). Some people go > for months/years without doing so. > > So I'm curious, how often do you keep your ports update, and what are > the reasons for doing so? I may be more lax than most. I update ports when one of three things happens: 1. I upgrade to a new FreeBSD release. 2. portaudit flags a security problem. 3. I need some feature that's only in a newer version. I don't do a gratuitous update just because a new version is out; I like to avoid disturbing things that are working, basically.
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